IRC Rallye Monte-Carlo day 1

Tidsplan dag 1 – IRC Rallye Monte Carlo

Onsdag 19 januar
1005 SS1 Le Moulinon – Antraigues 36,87km
1140 SS2 Burzet – Saint-Martial 41,06km
1411 SS3 St-Bonnet-Le-Froid 25,22km
1620 SS4 St-Bonnet-Le-Froid 25,22km

De 10 første bilene starter med 2 minutters intervaller, deretter blir det 1 minutt.
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IRC Rallye Monte-Carlo 19 – 22 January 2011

Petter Solberg and Chris Patterson is in Valence, France, for this weeks IRC Rallye Monte-Carlo. They will contest the rally with a Peugeot 207 S2000, runned by Peugeot.

Rallye Monte-Carlo starts in Valence on Wednesday morning and will finish at the harbour of Monaco on Saturday morning. A total of 120 starters are on the entrylist, 3 of them being Norwegian. Andreas Mikkelsen will compete in a Skoda and Henning Solberg in a Ford.

Over the three days, drivers will have to compete 13 stages and 337 competitive kilometres. Stages will be broadcasted live on Eurosport.

Petter Solberg signs with major sponsors.

Petter Solberg have now signed up with two major sponsors; EnterCard and TOOLS. Both have been with the team since the start in 2009, and the new deal makes EnterCard and TOOLS a big part of the team for 2011.

- I am very pleased that both EnterCard and TOOLS decided to stay with us in the Petter Solberg World Rally Team for one more year, says Petter Solberg. – It is important for us to have dedicated and professional sponsors, and our podium in the Championship last year would not have been possible without them.

EnterCard and re:member have been well displayed on the rallycar for the last seasons, and will also be a big part of the team in 2011. TOOLS are also supplying the team with all the tools and equipment the team needs to run a rally-car.

The first event this year is Rally Sweden, 10 – 13 Februar 2011, where Petter will compete in a Citroën DS3 WRC.

It’s a brand new year, a new season and new cars. 13 events are on the calendar and it’s just a month to go before Sweden gets the season started.

There are 10 events to go in Europe (Jordan included) and 3 long-hauls (Mexico, Argentina and Australia). Sweden will hopefully bring on snow and ice, Germany, France and Spain will offer tarmac-action and the 9 remaining will be on gravel. Or mud – depends on the weather!

New for this season is the Power Stage. A stage to be run on the last day of the rally, and to be broadcasted on live-TV. This is also a chance for both driver and codriver to score some extra points in the Championship. The winner gets 3 points, second 2 points and third gives you 1 point. The purpose of the Power Stage is to enhance TV coverage.

Petter Solberg will start his 2011 season with Monte Carlo Rally 19 – 22 January. After that – well, nothing is decided yet.

2011 Calendar
10 – 13/02 Rally Sweden
03 – 06/03 Rally Guanajuato Mexico
24 – 27/03 Rallye de Portugal
13 – 16/04 Jordan Rally WRC
05 – 08/05 Rallye d’Italia Sardegna
26 – 29/05 Rally Argentina
16 – 19/06 Acropolis Rally of Greece
28 – 30/07 Neste Oil Rally Finland
18 – 21/08 ADAC Rallye Deutschland
08 – 11/09 Rally Australia
29/09 – 02/10 Rallye de France – Alsace
20 – 23/10 Rally Catalunya
10 – 13/11 Rally of Great Britain